14–16 June 2019 IDENTITY COMPETITION DISPLAY Browse award-winning designs, from screen-printed accessories to handmade jewellery, and purchase these original, limited-edition artworks in-store or online. Exhibition Shop, Level 4
Until 9 June 2019 DIMENSIONS: THE MATHEMATICS OF SYMMETRY AND SPACE Developed in collaboration with Oxford’s world-renowned Mathematical Institute, this exhibition invites visitors to explore what it means to move in one, two, three and more dimensions. Gallery 8
Until 28 July 2019 LEONARDO DA VINCI AND NATIONAL IDENTITY ON MEDALS AND MONEY 2019 marks the 500th anniversary of Leonardo’s death and the 350th anniversary of the first commemorative medal in his honour, struck in Louis XIV’s mint. Gallery 7
Until 7 Apr 2019 LUI SHOU-KWAN CENTENARY EXHIBITION Lui Shou-kwan was one of the most significant artists in Hong Kong during the mid-twentieth century. The paintings in this exhibition marking the anniversary of his birth are from the Ashmolean’s own collection. Gallery 11
Until 16 Dec 2018 THE ART OF CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE TEA Celebrate the art of the Japanese tea ceremony through this unique display of contemporary Japanese tea utensils that is part of the AREThé Festival 2018. Gallery 36
Until 17 Mar 2019 PLUM BLOSSOM AND GREEN WILLOW: SURIMONO POETRY PRINTS Some of the finest examples of Japanese printmaking in the early nineteenth century were the exquisitely printed woodblock prints called surimono. These privately published prints combined witty poems with elegant images by leading designers. Gallery 29
Until 24 Feb 2019 ANTINOUS: BOY MADE GOD Antinous was a boy-favourite of the Emperor Hadrian. He drowned in the Nile in A.D. 130, and the emperor founded a city in middle Egypt in his honour called Antinoopolis or ‘Antinous City’. Gallery 8
Until 2 December 2018 NO OFFENCE: EXPLORING LGBTQ+ HISTORIES Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Sexual Offences Act, this British Museum touring exhibition explores the ways same-sex desire, love and gender diversity have been expressed culturally throughout history and across cultures. Gallery 8
